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Dominic Cummings: Minister Douglas Ross quits over senior aide's lockdown actions
May 27, 2020
Junior minister Douglas Ross has resigned after Dominic Cummings' defence of his trip to County Durham during the coronavirus lockdown.
The Scotland Office minister said the senior aide's view of the government guidance was "not shared by the vast majority of people".
No 10 said the prime minister regretted Mr Ross's decision to stand down.
It comes as more than 35 Tory MPs have called on Mr Cummings to resign.
Mr Cummings' decision in March to drive 260 miles from his London home to his parents' farm with his child and ill wife - which he explained on Monday was for childcare purposes - dominated the government's daily coronavirus press briefing.
Asked by a member of the public whether ministers would review penalty fines imposed on families who travel for childcare, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: "I will have to talk to my Treasury colleagues before I can answer [that] in full and we will look at it."
The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg, citing a government source, said Mr Hancock did "not announce a review" but would pass the concern on to his colleagues.
Rev Martin Poole, a vicar from Brighton, said he asked the question of Mr Hancock because "people feel a bit cheated" and many feel a sense of "unfairness" about the story, adding: "We want to all be treated on a level playing field."
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